Is it Atheros or Prism or Something Else?
 

Hello:

I'm a newbie to Linux. I just installed Fedora Core 3 on my laptop. I have a Sager NP4760. I've installed madwifi drivers on my desktop and they work for my wifi card. But I'm not sure what kind of chipset of my laptop's wifi card is.

When I look under 'Device Manger' in XP, it says WNC 802.11b USB300. Can anybody tell me what kind of chipset it is? And if you know what it is, where can I download the drivers / rpm so I can get my laptop up and running wirelessly.

Thank you.

Give this thread a look. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=134037 It looks as though it may be the Prism chipset. I googled on your laptop and wlan card and if you dig deep enough it does look as though it again may be the prism. One way to tell for sure is to call them though. If you can that is!

OK, i download the wg-lan drivers. But when I try to do a 'make'... i get the following....

linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1pre25]# ./Configure

-------------- Linux WLAN Configuration Script -------------

The default responses are correct for most users.

Build Prism2.x PCMCIA Card Services (_cs) driver? (y/n) [y]: y
Build Prism2 PLX9052 based PCI (_plx) adapter driver? (y/n) [y]: n
Build Prism2.5 native PCI (_pci) driver? (y/n) [y]: n
Build Prism2.5 USB (_usb) driver? (y/n) [y]: y

Linux source directory [make all]: y
Linux source tree y is incomplete or missing!
See the HOWTO for a list of FTP sites for current kernel sources.

Configuration failed

[root@localhost linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1pre25]#

I don't think the kernel source is on my computer. Where can I get the source and where should I copy the source to?

Firstly, it appears that you are not taking the defaults as the script suggested. It may be that some of the files are tied together and are dependant on each other. The default responses are the ones shown in the square brackets.

Sencondly, this appears to be asking for the file name, not a "yes" or "no" answer. Different distros put their source directory in different paces so you will have to research this part. There are many posts on this forum about that subject. You might search for one that reflects your distro and locate your source directory.

Try reinstalling using the defaults and entering in your source directory at that particular point and then re-post.

ok... i left the 'make config' as the default and made sure it pointed to the correct source locations... it finished and said configuration complete. so i followed the instructions and did a 'make all' then hoping to do a 'make install' after that

but when i try to do 'make all' i get the following.


[root@localhost linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1pre25]# make all
set -e; for d in src doc man etc; do make -C $d ; done
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1pre25/src'
set -e; for d in mkmeta p80211 prism2 shared wlanctl wland nwepgen wlancfg; do make -C $d ; done
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1pre25/src/mkmeta'
gcc -E -M -I../include -Imake all/include -D__LINUX_WLAN__ ../shared/p80211types.c ../shared/p80211metamsg.c ../shared/p80211metamib.c ../shared/p80211meta.c mkmetadef.c ../shared/p80211types.c ../shared/p80211metamsg.c ../shared/p80211metamib.c ../shared/p80211meta.c mkmetastruct.c > .depend
gcc: all/include: No such file or directory
make[2]: *** [.depend] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1pre25/src/mkmeta'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1pre25/src'
make: *** [all] Error 2


any ideas?

Well, no. That one has me mystified. It looks like the script is obviously having difficulty. Have you tried contacting the manufacturer yet? I've had trouble with some installs before and had to get the driver directly form the laptop manufacturer before. I am not a "linux programmer" per say, but it appears to me that the script that they wrote is having some problems and can't resolve the issues. Maybe one of the scripting guys here at the forum can take a look and tell you more definitely. Unfortunately, I am not that guy yet so I can't be of much help. I wish you luck and repost when you find the solution as you won't be the only person to have this issue I suspect. Good luck!

Thanks for the help. I'll try doing some more research and see if I can find a solution.